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Friday 16 September 2016

Dare to Compare ~ Aura powders/eyeshadows featuring (Anastasia Beverly Hills, Bitter Lace Beauty, Coastal Scents, Inglot, Jordane Cosmetics, Love Luxe Beauty, MAKE UP FOR EVER, Makeup Geek, Naked Cosmetics, & NARS) : Swatches & Review

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Aura powders and eyeshadows featuring ~ Anastasia Beverly Hills, Bitter Lace Beauty, Coastal Scents, Inglot, Jordane Cosmetics, Love Luxe Beauty, MAKE UP FOR EVER, Makeup Geek, Naked Cosmetics, & NARS.
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The Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow retails for $9US or $12CAN for 2.5 g/0.09 US OZ or 2.8 g/0.10 US OZ of product each.

The Makeup Geek Duochrome Eyeshadow retail for $6US each for 1.8g / 0.064 oz of product each.

The Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection retails for $59.99US for 6 X 1.5 g/0.05 OZ of product each.

The Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit retails for $40US for 0.90 oz. of product.

The MAKE UP FOR EVER Artist Shadow Eyeshadow retails for $21US or $24CAN each for 2g / 0.07 oz worth of product each in full size.

The Bitter Lace Beauty Highlighter in Golden Afternoon retail for $22US for 6g / 0.21 oz of product.

The Love Luxe Beauty Highlighter in What Mermaids Are Made Of retail for $22US for 6g / 0.21 oz of product.

The Jordane Cosmetics Loose Shimmers in #011059 retailed for $10CAN at IMATS Toronto for a full 10-gram jar for product.

The TKB Green Hilite retails for $1.50US for 6g sample, $3.50US for 1 ounce and up to $43.80 for 1 pound.

The Coastal Scents 252 palette retails for $24.95US for 126.0g / 4.44 oz of product. I'm using tray 2 (red) for 3 shades (Polished Ivory (row 2 shade 1), Lemon Chiffon (row 1 shade 2), Ivory Dust (bottom right corner).) that you can buy individually for $1.95US each.

The NARS Dual Intensity Eyeshadow in Cassiopeia retails for retails for $29US or $36CAN for 0.05 oz/ 1.5 g of product in full size.

The links above are to my reviews on products that I have covered before if you want a more in-depth review, and also to not make this post too large. ;)

Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Blue Ice, Star, Purple Horseshoe, Pink Heart, Lucky Clover, & Blue Moon
Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in Voltage, Phantom, RockStar, & Mai Tai
Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 131R (using the tip shade #1), 132R (using the tip shade #1), 133R (using the tip shade #1), 134R (using the tip shade #1), & 135R (using the tip shade #1).
Jordane Cosmetics Loose Shimmers in #011059
Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-01, IV-02, IV-03, IV-04, TKB Green Hilite (PLC Green Aura), IV-05, & IV-06
Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-01, IV-02, IV-03, IV-04, TKB Green Hilite (PLC Green Aura), IV-05, & IV-06
MAKE UP FOR EVER Artist Shadow Eyeshadow in I-916 Frosted Mauve
and NARS Dual Intensity Eyeshadow in Cassiopeia (repressed into a pan).
Bitter Lace Beauty Highlighter in Golden Afternoon and Love Luxe Beauty Highlighter in What Mermaids Are Made Of.
Coastal Scents  eyeshadow in Polished Ivory (row 2 shade 1 in tray 2), Lemon Chiffon (row 1 shade 2 in tray 2),
and Ivory Dust (bottom right corner in tray 2).
About the Mica pigments used for these Aura eyeshadows:
These are iridescent semi-transparent mica powders that catches and reflects light along with their unique colour wavelength properties. I don't know the science behind these particles as I'm not  a chemist but the refined texture really produces a glow or Aura to the shades when placed over a darker base otherwise they look very pastel and subtle over white/pale skin tones.

You can get them wholesale on M2B2C (Manufacture to Business to Consumer) sites online like the brand bellow.

The TKB Mics Pigment in Interference Basic Seven (7 Hilite Collection) retails for $9US for a collection of 7 shades at 2.5g each of pure pigment. Pure Luxe Cosmetics (PCL) was a reseller of the almost pure ingredients that TKB offer to customers so the shades of those match these TKB mica pigment names TKB Blue Hilite & Green Hilite mixed is (PLC Turquoise Aura), Green Hilite (PLC Green Aura), Red Hilite (PLC Red Aura), Violet Hilite (PLC Purple Aura), Gold Hilite (PLC Gold Aura),  Blue Hilite (PLC Blue Aura). This practice of reformulating pure colour mica wasn't unique to the now deceased PLC back in 2006 when mineral indie makeup craze was in full swing and retailers were selling to consumers that had easier access to the raw ingredients to make their own makeup. I just happened to own a lot of shades from PCL that TKB also offered as well. So TKB Green Hilite aka PLC Green Aura is in this post for comparison as a shade option for a true green mica pigment.

Also, the Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection is also using the same base Mica pigments as colourant compared to TKB, so here are the shade correlation. IV-02 (TKB Gold Hilite ), IV-03 (TKB Red Hilite ), IV-04 (TKB Violet), IV-05 (TKB Blue Hilite and Green Hilite mixed ) IV-06 (TKB Blue Hilite)


Colours by Shades Family:
White/Silver Shades
Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-01, Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Star, & Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Blue Ice.
Daylight Swatches: Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-01, Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Star, & Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Blue Ice.
Flash Swatches: Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-01, Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Star, & Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Blue Ice.
Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-01 is a smooth white with a satin/pearl finish.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Star is a pale silver-white with a pearl/metallic finish.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Blue Ice is a white/beige base powder with a blue aura pigment.

Compare:
Naked Cosmetics IV-01 is a pearl white for comparison, not an Aura.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Star is dusty compared to the other shades.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Blue Ice is the bluest of the shades.

Blue Shades
Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Blue Ice, Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-06, Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Star, & Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Blue Moon.
Daylight Swatches: Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Blue Ice, Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-06, Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Star, & Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Blue Moon.
Flash Swatches: Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Blue Ice, Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-06, Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Star, & Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Blue Moon.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Blue Ice is a white/beige base powder with a blue aura pigment.

Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-06 is a ghostly blue with turquoise/pink sparks and pearl/aura finish. (TKB Blue Hilite )

Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Star is a pale silver-white with a pearl/metallic finish.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Blue Moon is a metallic silver-blue and on my skin tone looks similar to Star's silver tones, but cooler and even more metallic.

Compare:
Anastasia Beverly Hills Blue Ice is the sheerest of the shades.
Naked Cosmetics IV-06 is the most intense of these of all these shades.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Star is the dustiest shade.
Anastasia Beverly Blue Moon is the whitest of shades.

Turquoise/Green Shades
Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-05, Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 134R #1, TKB Green Hilite, Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 135R #1, & Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Lucky Clover.
Daylight Swatches: Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-05, Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 134R #1, TKB Green Hilite, Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 135R #1,
& Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Lucky Clover.
Flash Swatches: Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-05, Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 134R #1, TKB Green Hilite, Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 135R #1,
& Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Lucky Clover.
Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-05 is an intense turquoise with green sparks and pearl/aura finish. (TKB Blue Hilite and green Hilite mixed)

Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 134R #1 is a sheer pale aqua with a pearl finish.

TKB Green Hilite (PLC Green Aura) is a white based green aura.

Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 135R #1 is a sheer pale green a pearl finish.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Lucky Clover is an almost electric white that flashes a pale gold-green aura finish.

Compare:
Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-05 is the most intense of these blue/green shades.
Inglot 134R #1 and 135R #1 are the smoothest of these shades, with 135R #1 being the is most intense of these of all these shades.
TKB Green Hilite is the palest of these shades.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Lucky Clover.

Green/Gold Shades
Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Lucky Clover, Jordane Cosmetics Loose Shimmers in #011059, Love Luxe Beauty Highlighter in What Mermaids Are Made Of, & Coastal Scents eyeshadows in Lemon Chiffon (row 1 shade 2 in tray 2).
Daylight Swatches: Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Lucky Clover, Jordane Cosmetics Loose Shimmers in #011059, Love Luxe Beauty Highlighter in What Mermaids Are Made Of,
& Coastal Scents eyeshadows in Lemon Chiffon (row 1 shade 2 in tray 2).
Flash Swatches: Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Lucky Clover, Jordane Cosmetics Loose Shimmers in #011059, Love Luxe Beauty Highlighter in What Mermaids Are Made Of,
& Coastal Scents eyeshadows in Lemon Chiffon (row 1 shade 2 in tray 2).
Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Lucky Clover is an almost electric white that flashes a pale gold-green aura finish.

The Jordane Cosmetics Loose Shimmers in #011059 is a vibrant chartreuse aura pearl.

Love Luxe Beauty Highlighter in What Mermaids Are Made Of is a bright gold/green with a pearl aura finish.

Coastal Scents eyeshadows in Lemon Chiffon (row 1 shade 2 in tray 2) is a dusty pale green aura finish shade.

Compare:
Anastasia Beverly Hills Lucky Clover is a bluest leaning of the shades.
Jordane Cosmetics #011059 is the most smoothest of the shades.
Love Luxe Beauty What Mermaids Are Made Of is the most intense of these shades.
Coastal Scents Lemon Chiffon is the palest of the shades.


Gold/Yellow Shades
Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-04, Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in Voltage, Bitter Lace Beauty Highlighter in Golden Afternoon, Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 131R #1, Coastal Scents eyeshadows in Polished Ivory (row 2 shade 1of tray 2), & Ivory Dust (bottom right corner of tray 2).
Daylight Swatches: Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-04, Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in Voltage, Bitter Lace Beauty Highlighter in Golden Afternoon, Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 131R #1, Coastal Scents eyeshadows in Polished Ivory (row 2 shade 1of tray 2), & Ivory Dust (bottom right corner of tray 2).
Flash Swatches: Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-04, Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in Voltage, Bitter Lace Beauty Highlighter in Golden Afternoon, Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 131R #1, Coastal Scents eyeshadows in Polished Ivory (row 2 shade 1of tray 2), & Ivory Dust (bottom right corner of tray 2).
Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-04 is an intend yellow gold with a pearl/aura finish. (TKB Violet Hilite )

Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in Voltage is a steel white base colour, with a gold yellow pearl shift.

Bitter Lace Beauty Highlighter in Golden Afternoon is a shimmery warm white gold glow.

Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 131R #1 is a sheer pale gold with a pearl finish.

Coastal Scents eyeshadows in Polished Ivory (row 2 shade 1of tray 2) is a pale yellow with a white pearl finish.

Coastal Scents eyeshadows in Ivory Dust (bottom right corner of tray 2) is a light yellow gold pearl aura finish.

Compare:
Naked Cosmetics IV-04 is slightly more textured than the rest.
Makeup Geek Voltage is the most yellow of the shades.
Bitter Lace Beauty Golden Afternoon is the most intense and gold out of these shades.
Inglot 131R #1 is the smoothest of the shades.
Coastal Scents Polished Ivory is the palest of the shades.
Coastal Scents Ivory Dust is the least intense of the yellow shades.

Pink/Peach Shades
Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-02, Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 132R #1 & 133R #1 (top row), Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in Mai Tai & RockStar (bottom row), & Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Pink Heart.
Daylight Swatches: Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-02, Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 132R #1 & 133R #1, Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in Mai Tai & RockStar,
& Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Pink Heart.
Flash Swatches: Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-02, Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 132R #1 & 133R #1, Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in Mai Tai & RockStar,
& Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Pink Heart.
Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-02 is a deep pink with gold sparks and pearl/aura finish. (TKB Gold Hilite )

Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 132R #1 is a sheer pale pink with a yellow base with a pearl finish.

Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eye Shadow in 133R #1 is a sheer pale pink with a light pink base and a pearl finish.

Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in Mai Tai is a yellow/orange base colour, with a pink pearl shift.

Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in RockStar is a grey base colour, with a pale pink pearl shift.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Pink Heart is a dusty light beige base powder with a vibrant pink aura pearl finish.

Compare:
Naked Cosmetics IV-02 is the most intense out of these shades.
Inglot 132R #1 and 133R #1 are pretty much the same over a dark base but 133R #1 seems more vibrant because of the orange base shade.
Makeup Geek Mai Tai is very vibrant as the second most intense shade with a smoother finish than Naked Cosmetics IV-02.
Makeup Geek RockStar is a dusty pink compared to all of them and the lightest.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Pink Heart is a paler and less intense version of Naked Cosmetics IV-02.

Purple/Violet Shades
Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-03, Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Purple Horseshoe, Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in Phantom, MAKE UP FOR EVER Artist Shadow Eyeshadow I-916 Frosted Mauve, NARS Dual Intensity Eyeshadow in Cassiopeia (repressed into a pan), & Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in RockStar.
Daylight Swatches: Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-03, Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Purple Horseshoe, Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in Phantom, MAKE UP FOR EVER Artist Shadow Eyeshadow I-916 Frosted Mauve, NARS Dual Intensity Eyeshadow in Cassiopeia, & Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in RockStar.
Flash Swatches: Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-03, Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Purple Horseshoe, Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in Phantom, MAKE UP FOR EVER Artist Shadow Eyeshadow I-916 Frosted Mauve, NARS Dual Intensity Eyeshadow in Cassiopeia, & Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in RockStar.
Naked Cosmetics Ivory Collection in IV-03 is a periwinkle purple with blue/pink sparks and pearl/aura  finish. (TKB Red Hilite )

Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit in Purple Horseshoe is a purple periwinkle aura shade with a pearl finish. This has and no discernable base colour. On my skin, it looks bluer and is a noticeable colour shift.

Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in Phantom is a sheer white base colour, with a pale lavender pearl shift.

MAKE UP FOR EVER Artist Shadow Eyeshadow I-916 Frosted Mauve is a pale almost white lavender with a frost finish.

NARS Dual Intensity Eyeshadow in Cassiopeia is a white base eyeshadow with purple pearl aura and pink sparkle.

Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in RockStar is a grey base colour, with a pale pink pearl shift.

Compare:
Naked Cosmetics IV-03 is the most intense out of these shades.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Purple Horseshoe is the bluest despite looking purple in the pan.
Makeup Geek DuoChrome Eyeshadows in Phantom is a sheerer and more pearl version of the Naked Cosmetics IV-03.
MAKE UP FOR EVER I-916 Frosted Mauve is the palest and white based out of all of them.
NARS Cassiopeia is the most textured out of all these shade.
Makeup Geek RockStar is a dusty mauve/purple compared to all of them.


Other options:
elf eyeshadow transformer
The elf eyeshadow transformer uses to be the only mainstream consumer Aura pigment on the market but it was discontinued.

Other brands that I know of that have jumped on the unique highlighter band waggon that is not in this post are, Devinah Cosmetics, Looxi Beauty, BeautyBarBaby, Bitch Slap Cosmetics (a little graphic content with this brand NSFW), and a plethora of other Etsy brands popping up.

Winner: 
All of these are true Aura mica based products. They all share similar of mixed tone from the primary mica pigments and do the job just fine so they are winners in my book.

But the most impressive are from the indie Brands Bitter Lace Beauty, Love Luxe Beauty, Naked Cosmetics, and Inglot. They don't hold back at all interns of the amount/intensity of aura mica they use.

2 comments:

  1. Nice job! Never use a black eye base, though I have it. Might try. I s.t. Use an old Dior 4 (80s, I think, that is all white based with color shifts. There are a few old Nars duos, too, that likely have been d/c'd. Never thought to use MUG Rockstar, and I was disappointed in it as an eyeshadow. This was well organized and very informative.

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    1. MUG Rockstar is like a better version of MAC Vex eyeshadow but because of the grey base the colour shift is muted and seems drab in comparison. I personally love the shade as it just something barely there. lol

      I'm just happy that these Aura powders are coming back onto the market as i was first introduced to them back 2008 with indie brands.

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